CALGARY- Police needed a Taser to subdue a knife-wielding man who confronted a C-Train operator and officers downtown.

The incident happened at about 1:25 a.m. Monday, when a passenger aboard a C-Train on the 7th Avenue corridor pressed the emergency button.

When the driver used the intercom to ask what was the matter, the passenger said he pressed the button accidentally.

A few minutes later, the driver stopped the train at 7th Avenue and 4th Street S.W. to deactivate the button. Police said that as the operator entered the centre car of the train, a man charged at him with a knife.

The driver was able to run back into the front car, lock himself in the cab and call police.Calgary police and Calgary Transit peace officers arriving at the scene found a man fitting the suspect's description two blocks away, on the 6th Street S.W. LRT platform.

Police said the man took a knife from his jacket and began waving it in front of him, ignoring commands from officers to drop the weapon.

An officer then used a Taser to disarm the man and arrest him without any serious injury.After a routine assessment in hospital, police took the man back into custody.

John Richard Marleau, 22, has since been charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, and one count each of possession of weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and causing a disturbance.

Authorities are expected to release further details about the incident this afternoon.

Wonder how Natalie feels about the fact that her boyfriend is 100 lbs soaking wet (with his boots on of course), and can't defend himself in jail. I bet he gets a taste for dark meat whether he wants to, or not.

This guy wants to walk around Calgary like he is tough shit? Obviously he can't handle it when it isn't some random person on the street alone, or a kid half his age. Really is sad, he clearly can't make it with the big boys in jail. Not too sure how he has lasted in jail in the past, but my money is on the fact that he will continue to get jumped, or someone will finally stab the guy, doing us all a favour.

What would be the cherry on that sundae, is if his girlfriend who is as mentally unstable as him, jumped off the nearest bridge. Not saying either should die, just saying......

Having actually stayed at the remand, if McKee's been assaulted in pc it was conducted by another inmate in pc, and it was likely planned because inmate movement is severely restricted in pc. You dont just go into pc and beat the shit outta someone. Being the tough guy he says he is, he was likely offered pc because of his WN status. Obviously that sort of thing doesnt fly at the remand. If he was assaulted in regular confinement, he is definitely in pc, as the powers that be dont want a repeat. Or do they? I say let the duece have him....

i love this blog and most of the comments, but i have been meaning to say for a while that it would be REALLY nice for me as an anarchist who works towards stopping ALL forms of oppression that

-fatphobic-sexist and hetero-sexist-rape

jokes, comments, and what have you could be kept to a minimum. such comments alienate and trivialize the discrimination faced by a lot of your allies and generally seem infused with a disturbing level of unchecked machismo.

if we're going to work together against oppression, then we are going to have to check our privilege and make spaces (even virtual ones) safe.

i hate fascists, too. but i hate what MAKES them fascists. news flash: it ain't their body types. there's not really an excuse for being inconsistent and oppressive, no matter how much your target deserves it.

Okay i gotta say i'm no fan of these racist motherfuckers at all. However theres some harsh words bein' slung about here. These cats are obviously fucked up, and they obviously need to do some serious time, but that "Hate the hater, and rape the rapist" mentality will never make sense to me. Look, I get there is a lot of rage harboured towards these thugs, and i got it pent up too, i've had some up close and personal experiences with gangsters of all types and in a sense (even Marlau) these cats are small frys. I'm not sayin' they ain't dangerous i'm saying these guys talk hard and act hard, but when they are faced with the real hard motherfuckers who don't give a shit, those guys who will cut your hand off with a fucking machette and not bat an eye, they are no better off then the fuckin' rest of us. I mean, if you look at a man and hate him for his facist beliefs and wish harm to him are you not no less a bigot then he is? Is it even worth being offended by them? We know an African man is no less a man for being African, nor is an Asian for being an Asian, and so on, we also know a racist is a cowardly man, so why let them have the power to offend us? it just makes him a fucking idiot, people will believe what they need to believe, don't hate a motherfucker for being stupid, you can't avoid stupid people. But when push comes to shove, i hate them for being violent criminals, and predators, and for making that asian student who's just getting by on a half-assed scholar ship and a low pay job at some shitty bar fear for his safty when he walks home at night, or the Indian man whos lived here longer then they have feel like he has to watch his back all the fucking time cos' of these ass holes. But what it comes down to, is you can't fight violence with more violence, it just doesn't work that way, same goes for fighting hate with more hate. So if your gonna hate em, hate em, but hate em for the right reasons, in the end if you treat em like something different then the average criminal, your workin' backwards on yourself cos' that will give them more power then they deserve to have. So, Cheers, thanks ARC for keepin' us in the loop. These guys needed to go away and i'm glad their slammed in. But hey, i don't wish rape on anyone. Peace for now.

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